Muslim Party

The Muslim Party (MP) is an Islamist political party in Turkey, founded in 2004. The party was founded in 2004 by Melek Vuslat, an Islamic activist who sought to create an Islamic government in Turkey, end secularism, and begin an anti-Western foreign policy.

History
The Muslim Party was formed ahead of the 2004 parliamentary elections by Islamic activist Melek Vuslat, and the party criticized the Republican People's Party during the campaign, holding anti-socialist and anti-secularist views. The party appealed to traditionalist rural voters, Salafists, religious and conservative nationalists, and to opponents of Kemalism.

In the 2004 parliamentary elections, the Muslim Party won 12.71% of the vote, earning them four seats; the Justice and Development Party won 41.85% of the vote (15 seats), the Republican People's Party won 33.58% of the vote (12 seats), and the Nationalist Movement Party won 11.86% of the vote (4 seats). Three of its MPs were senior citizens, the oldest being the 80-year-old Burak Kazim; only the 45-year-old Ayaz Inonu was below his seventies. The party sat at the far-right of the Grand National Assembly.